"Darling! I'm back! Sorry for making you worry!"
Seeing his wife's excited look, Yuan Zhao Di, who was already weak to his knees, suddenly gained a little more strength and strode to her.
The Yuan family that was worried about Yuan Zhao Di just now dispersed in an instant and went to have breakfast after witnessing the lovey-dovey couple.
Because Yuan Zhao Di's whereabouts were unknown yesterday, the Yuan family had only prepared a small breakfast because most of them did not feel like eating much.
However, with Yuan Zhao Di's return, everyone's mood and appetites improved. The breakfast that was prepared earlier immediately became not enough.
"Mother, this isn't enough!"
Yuan Pan Di and his brothers did not eat much yesterday. Now that they were feeling a lot better, they felt hungry again.
When Madame Zheng heard this, she snorted and said, "If it's not enough, then just starve!"
"...!"
Yuan Pan Di was dumbfounded.
"Mother, no way! Fourth brother has returned safely!"
"I'll make some good food for lunch. Endure it for now!"
"Mother, what delicious food are you making?" Hearing their mother's words, Yuan Pan Di and the others widened their eyes.
"Chicken stew! Go to the river to catch fish again. If you can catch fish, I'll cook it. If not, just enjoy the chicken!"
Delicious food? Naturally, they would eat whatever was available at home.
A housewife can not cook without rice.
So if they really wanted delicacies, they had to ensure they had them first.
"Second, third, and fourth, let's go to the river!"
Hearing his mother's words, Yuan Pan Di immediately called his three younger brothers to move out.
"Zhao Di didn't sleep last night. He's resting at home. The three of you can go!" Old Yuan knocked on the table and gave his opinion.
Thus, Yuan Zhao Di was left at home.
Yuan Zhao Di didn't go into detail about the pirates at the dragon head dock yesterday, but Old Yuan could feel that something was going on. He had left Yuan Zhao Di at home because he wanted to find out more details about the matter from his son.
After Yuan Pan Di and his brothers left, the women in the room also dispersed. The old man then looked at Yuan Zhao Di and asked the question he had been thinking about for a while.
"Tell me, what's the situation with the pirates yesterday?"
Old Yuan had previously encountered pirates and mountain bandits, but they were all after money and not lives. But yesterday's situation overturned Old Yuan's many years of experience and knowledge.
"Father, the pirates yesterday were not pirates!"
Yuan Zhao Di lowered his voice, "When the pirates came, I was on the bridge. I only managed to escape by jumping into the water. The pirates didn't come ashore for the money. They came to kill!"
"After that, I swam to the other side of the river, chased the boat down, and saw the boat enter the imperial court navy's water ground!"
"What?" Old Yuan said. Hearing Yuan Zhao Di's words, Old Yuan was stunned and did not speak for a long time.
"Father, you can't tell anyone else about this. If this thing spreads, our family won't be able to survive!"
The officers and soldiers of the imperial court's navy had disguised themselves as pirates and attacked the dragon head dock. They had killed hundreds of people and burned down an entire town.
"I know!" Old Yuan knew the stakes without Yuan Zhao Di's special reminder.
"Zhao Di, from today onwards, the both of us can't drink any more alcohol." Old Yuan looked at Yuan Zhao Di and said firmly.